Teledentistry Mobile Photos Versus Conventional Clinical Examination for Dental Caries Diagnosis

NCT ID: NCT06661837

Last Updated: 2024-10-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

141 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-04-10

Study Completion Date

2023-01-04

Brief Summary

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Teledentistry is an intervention that can boost chances for the new primary healthcare paradigm, bringing service delivery and accessibility to new levels. Evidence-based studies have reported that Teledentistry improves access to dental care in rural, inaccessible areas to disadvantaged populations.

Detailed Description

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The advantage of choosing Teledentistry as a dental caries screening tool is its viability in increasing oral health care to underserved areas, increasing equity, and reducing oral disease burdens in children. Furthermore, photographic images and prints of children's carious teeth can be used to motivate parents/guardians to seek dental treatment and institute preventive care. Only a teledental assistant is needed for the imaging, eliminating the need for highly skilled professional human resources. Instead, dental professionals can be better utilized in dental hospitals/clinics.

Conditions

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Dental Caries

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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School children

Children were clinically examined by the dentist (examiner 1) and a mobile photo was taken by one volunteer dental assistant. While examiner 2 examined the clinical mobile photos and did not participate in the clinical examination.

Also, examiner 1 examined the clinical mobile photos after 48 hours as a wash-out period. Calibration was performed between both examiners.

Clinical examination and mobile photo

Intervention Type OTHER

Children were both clinically examined and a mobile photo was taken for assessment

Interventions

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Clinical examination and mobile photo

Children were both clinically examined and a mobile photo was taken for assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Children between 6-12 years old (mixed dentition)
2. Medically free from systematic conditions

Exclusion Criteria

1. Uncooperative children
2. Children with orthodontic appliances at time of treatment
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fatma Abdelgawad

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fatma KI Abdelgawad, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cairo University

Locations

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Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University

Cairo, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

References

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Sakr L, Abbas H, Thabet N, Abdelgawad F. Reliability of teledentistry mobile photos versus conventional clinical examination for dental caries diagnosis on occlusal surfaces in a group of school children: a diagnostic accuracy study. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Apr 11;25(1):545. doi: 10.1186/s12903-025-05802-z.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40217236 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CEBD-CU-2024-10-25

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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